<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec><h3>Objective</h3><p>To understand the psychological process of patients with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) and provide references for the psychological management of PHN.</p></sec><sec><h3>Methods</h3><p>The objective sampling method was used to conduct semi-structural in-depth interviews on 10 PHN patients, and Colaizzi's phenomenological analysis method was used for data analysis.</p></sec><sec><h3>Results</h3><p>According to the different pain durations of PHN patients, the patients were divided into three stages and five themes were extracted: the need for strong pain relief, the helpless tolerance of pain, the self-feeling burden, the need for health education, and the positive response to pain.</p></sec><sec><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>PHN has complex psychological activities, so it is necessary to pay attention to the psychological process of patients and take effective psychological measures to intervene negative psychology so that patients can actively cope with the pain.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo understand the psychological process of patients with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) and provide references for the psychological management of PHN.MethodsThe objective sampling method was used to conduct semi-structural in-depth interviews on 10 PHN patients, and Colaizzi's phenomenological analysis method was used for data analysis.ResultsAccording to the different pain durations of PHN patients, the patients were divided into three stages and five themes were extracted: the need for strong pain relief, the helpless tolerance of pain, the self-feeling burden, the need for health education, and the positive response to pain.ConclusionsPHN has complex psychological activities, so it is necessary to pay attention to the psychological process of patients and take effective psychological measures to intervene negative psychology so that patients can actively cope with the pain.

A qualitative study of the psychological processes in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveTo understand the psychological process of patients with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) and provide references for the psychological management of...

A qualitative study of the psychological processes in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 379 - 384

Received: Apr 22, 2020

Accepted: Jun 11, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0047

Keywords
post-herpetic neuralgia, chronic pain, psychological process, psychological experience, self-perceived burden, qualitative study

© 2020 Jun Wu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A qualitative study of the psychological processes in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Jan 05, 2021

Page range: 379 - 384

Received: Apr 22, 2020

Accepted: Jun 11, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fon-2020-0047

Keywordspost-herpetic neuralgia, chronic pain, psychological process, psychological experience, self-perceived burden, qualitative study

© 2020 Jun Wu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
post-herpetic neuralgia, chronic pain, psychological process, psychological experience, self-perceived burden, qualitative study